Peppadew ...and Scotch Bonnet

[applestar]

Peppadew in the Front Border

My other one in the Spiral Garden got mixed up so I don't know which one is Peppadew and which one is Scotch Bonnet. I think the fruits on those are still green. Maybe I will be able to tell by comparing with this one. I'll take a picture tomorrow.

[valley]

Wouldn't know peppadew ether, but Scotch Bonnets are kinda puffy wrinkled shape.

Richard

[imafan26]

Its does not look like the Scotch bonnet. Not only is it not wrinkled enough, the scotch bonnets I know are more red orange. Only Caribbean Reds are red.

One way to tell for sure is to taste them.

[applestar]

Spiral Garden one was definitely Peppadew. I do believe this is the bigger plant that had been in the garage all winter.

Peppadew in the Spiral Garden

I discovered a third one in the patio windowbox where I thought I planted a Corno di Toro. I was relieved because the spring started one in the Spiral Garden that I labeled "Peppadew or Scotch Bonnet" looks like Corno di Toro. It was a simple mixup.

...and yep, I found the Scotch Bonnet. I realized after consulting my planting maps that I had planted it in the front border but it got obscured by the salvia. I thought it was going to be a taller plant

Scotch Bonnet in the Front Porch border

This one was overwintered, too. It was severely set back when the aphids overwhelmed it in late winter and it lost all it's leaves, but I think it was at the green fruit stage much closer to frost last year as well as only having one or two fruits. There is this and a second trunk/branch with more fruits to the upper right of the photo that is obscured by the salvia. So this is doing well in its 2nd year with earlier and more productive fruit set.

[imafan26]

It can sometimes be a problem when you grow so many peppers, it gets hard to tell them apart. I have Thai dragon, hot portugal, and cayenne and they look similar and are very hot. Thai dragon is thinner and shorter. Some of my Jalapenos look like serranos. It gets really hard to tell when I grow a new pepper since I sometimes can't tell the habanero from some of the other superhots when they are immature. Anaheim and Hungarian wax peppers look alike except for color. Even labels don't always work as the labels get misplaced or since I seed several peppers at one time, sometimes the seed falls into the wrong pot or the wrong label gets put in the wrong pot and I have to wait until the peppers show to tell them apart.

[applestar]

Update! Are these Scotch Bonnets almost at the final color? I was going to harvest that brightest orange-red one, but it's blossom end was still green so I thought I will wait a bit longer....

[Juliuskitty]

It kind of doesn't look like either, too wrinkly for smooth almost round Peppadew, not wrinkly enough for Scotch Bonnet. Hard to tell....

[applestar]

So you don't think my Scotch Bonnet doesn't look true to type? They definitely look different from the fruits on my two Peppadews. Plant is also super tiny at less than 12 inches compared to the Peppadew which is pushing 3 feet.

[Peppery1]

It can sometimes be a problem when you grow so many peppers, it gets hard to tell them apart. I have Thai dragon, hot portugal, and cayenne and they look similar and are very hot. Thai dragon is thinner and shorter. Some of my Jalapenos look like serranos. It gets really hard to tell when I grow a new pepper since I sometimes can't tell the habanero from some of the other superhots when they are immature. Anaheim and Hungarian wax peppers look alike except for color. Even labels don't always work as the labels get misplaced or since I seed several peppers at one time, sometimes the seed falls into the wrong pot or the wrong label gets put in the wrong pot and I have to wait until the peppers show to tell them apart.

Hi, I was wondering if you could tell me what those portugal peppers were like in taste/heat? I'm trying to decide which varieties to grow this year, and I hadn't come across that one before. Thanks in advance.